The 14 Prefixes and their meanings are:
- AB-ABS means “away from, separation”
- AD means “to, toward(s), near.
- BE means ” on all sides; overly; with a quality”
- COM means ” with, together”
- DE means ” away, off, reversal, undoing, downward completely”
- DIS means “not, apart”
- EN means “in, into, to cover or contain”
- EX means “out, out of, former, outside”
- IN-IM means “not”
- PRE means “before, in advance”
- PRO means “in front of, before, forward, in favor of.
- RE means “again, back”
- SUB means “under, below”
- UN means “not, against, opposite”
Grade level listing of 112 words in our 14 separate puzzles:
Grade 4-5: adventurous, bedraggle, behavior, beloved, beseech, bestow, bewildering, committee, communication, dissolve, enchantment, endure, predict, prejudice, prospect, reflect, unravel (17 words)
Grade 6: absence, absolute, abstract, admission, betray, compassion, deliberate, destination, disgrace, dismal, disposable, enclosure, engrave, exception, excursion, exclamation, exotic, injustice, precaution, predominant, proclaim, recognition, reliable, revive, substance, submarine, subterranean, unconscious, unfinished, unnecessary (31 words)
Grade 7-8: abject, abundance, adequate, adhere, adjourned, adversity, advocate, comparative, compensation, complication, compulsion, dedication, deficiency, delegation, delusion, destructive, desolate, discreet, dispel, disrupt, distortion, energetic, enthusiastic, environmental, envision, excel, exclusive, expectation, extensive, impatience, impractical, indefinite, immortality, improbable, invalid, insatiable, premature, preoccupation, presume, prevail, progressive, projection, promotion, proposal, provoke, rebellious, rehabilitation, respiration, reunion, subdue, subconscious, submission, subscribe, suppress, unanimous, unattractive, unpredictable, unworthy (58 words)
Grade HS: abdicate, aberration, abstinence, admonish, belittle, coherence, prognosticate (6 words)
Now use the specific “Prefix Study” under the “Root-Word Lesson” home page pull down Header and choose one of the 14 prefix word puzzles and vocabulary activities.
